Office 2003 Introductory Concepts and Techniques M i c r o s o f t Word Project 3 Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 2 Objectives Create a resume using Word’s Resume Wizard Fill in a document template Use print preview to view and print a document Set and use tab stops Collect and paste using the Clipboard task pane Insert the current date Create and insert an AutoText entry Insert a Word table, enter data into the table, and format the table Address an envelope

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 3 Displaying Formatting Marks If the Show/Hide ¶ button on the Standard toolbar is not selected already, click it

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 4 1.Click File on the menu bar 2.Click New on the File menu 3.Click the On my computer link in the Template area in the New Document task pane 4.When Word displays the Templates dialog box, click the Other Documents tab Resume Wizard - Reference Book: Page WD 145

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 5 Resume Wizard - Reference Book: Page WD Click the Resume Wizard icon 2.Click OK 3.Click Next 4.Click Professional (in the Style panel)

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 6 1.Click Next 2.Click Entry-level (in the Type panel) 3.Click Next Resume Wizard - Reference Book: Page WD 145

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 7 1.Type “Benjamin Kane Okamoto” in the Name box 2.Press TAB 3.Type “78 Larkspur Road” 4.Press ENTER 5.Type “Plantsville, CT 06479” 6.Press TAB 7.Type “(860) ” 8.Press TAB 9.Type 10.Click Next Resume Wizard - Reference Book: Page WD

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 8 For Standard Headings panel: 1.Remove Hobbies check mark 2.Remove References check mark 3.All other boxes should have a check mark 4.Click Next For Optional Headings Panel: 1.Remove any check marks from the check boxes. 2.Click Next Resume Wizard - Reference Book: Page WD

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 9 For Add/Sort Heading Panel: 1.Type “Areas of concentration” (in the additional headings box) 2.Click Add 3.Scroll to bottom of the list of resume headings 4.Click Areas of concentration 5.Click Move Up button five times 6.If headings are OK below, Click Next and Finish Your headings should be: Objective Education Areas of concentration Awards received Interests and activities Languages Work experience Volunteer experience Resume Wizard - Reference Book: Page WD

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 10 Your screen should look similar to this

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 11 Now let’s start filling in the resume: 1.Click Type Objective Here and Type: To obtain a full-time sales position with a major computer or electronics company in the New England area. Replace the Placeholder - Reference Book: Page WD 153

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 12 Dates Attended 1.Click Dates Attended, Type “2001 – 2005” Company/ Institution Name 2.Click Company/ Institution Name, Type “Hartford College” City, State 3.Click City, State, Type “Hartford, CT” Degree/Major 4.Click Degree/Major, Type “Information and Computer Technology” Details of position, award, or achievement 5.Click Details of position, award, or achievement, Type “B.S., December 2005” 6.Press ENTER 7.Type “A.S., December 2003” Replace the Placeholder - Reference Book: Page WD 153

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 13 1.Click Areas of concentration section 2.Type “Computer Hardware” 3.Press SHIFT + ENTER 4.Type “Computer Software and Programming” 5.Press SHIFT + ENTER (this is a line break) 6.Type “Professional Communications” 7.Press SHIFT + ENTER (another line break) 8.Type “Business” 9.DO NOT press SHIFT + ENTER A Line Break moves the insertion point down to the beginning of the next line; however, it does not leave as must space between the lines as a normal return does. Enter a Line Break - Reference Book: Page WD

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 14 Viewing and Printing the Resume in Print Preview 1.Point to the Print Preview button on the Standard toolbar 2.Click the Close Preview button on the Print Preview toolbar

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Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 16 Saving the Resume 1.Insert your floppy disk into drive A or E:\My Documents\ISYS100-ES\Word\ 2.Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar 3.Type Okamoto Resume in the File name text box. Do not press the ENTER key 4.Click the Save in box arrow and then click 3½ Floppy (A:) or E: 5.Click the Save button in the Save As dialog box

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 17 Open a New Document Window - Reference Book: Page WD 160 We will now create a letterhead 1.Click the New Blank Document button on the Standard toolbar (Your Okamato document is still open) 2.Click the Font Size box arrow on the Formatting toolbar 3.Click 20 in the Font Size list

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 18 Changing Color of Text - Reference Book: Page WD Click the Font Color button arrow on the Formatting toolbar 2.Click Brown, which is the second color on the first row of the color palette 3.Type “Benjamin Kane Okamoto” 4.Press ENTER

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 19 Changing Font Size of Text - Reference Book: Page WD With the insertion point on line 2, click the Font Size box arrow on the Formatting toolbar 2.Click 9 in the Font Size list

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 20 1.With the insertion point below the name, 2.Click Insert on the menu bar 3.Point to Picture 4.Click Clip Art on the Picture submenu 5.Type computer in the Search for box 6.Click Go 7.Click the computer graphic 8.Click Close button on Clip Art task pane Insert a Graphic - Reference Book: Page WD 162

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 21 1.With the insertion point positioned between the paragraph mark and the graphic, Click Format on the menu bar 2.Click Tabs on the Format menu 3.When Word displays the Tabs dialog box, Type 6 in the Tab stop position text box 4.Click Right in the Alignment area 5.Click Set in the Tabs dialog box 6.Click OK button Word places a right tab marker at the 6” mark on the ruler and removes all default tab stops to the left of the tab marker. Set Custom Tab Stops - Reference Book: Page WD

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 22 1.Click the Okamoto Resume – Microsoft Word program button on the Windows taskbar

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 23 1.Press CTRL + HOME to display the top of the resume in the document window 2.Click Edit on the menu bar 3.Click Office Clipboard on the Edit menu 4.If the Office Clipboard gallery in the Clipboard task pane is not empty, click the Clear All button in the Clipboard task pane 5.Scroll to the right to display all of the telephone, fax, and information in the resume Copy Items to Office Clipboard - Reference Book: Page WD 166

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 24 1.In the resume, drag through the street address, 78 Larkspur Road 2.Click Copy on the Standard toolbar 3.Drag through the city, state, and postal code information 4.Click Copy 5.Drag through the telephone information 6.Click Copy Copy Items to Office Clipboard - Reference Book: Page WD 166

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 25 1.Click the Document3 – Microsoft Word button on the Windows taskbar to display the letterhead 2.Double-click the Office Clipboard icon in the notification area on the Windows taskbar 3.Click the Zoom box arrow on the Standard toolbar 4.Click Text Width in the Zoom list Display Clipboard Task Pane - Reference Book: Page WD 169

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 26 Paste from Office Clipboard - Reference Book: Page WD With the insertion point between the paragraph mark and the computer graphic, 2.Press TAB 3.Click the bottom (first) entry in the Office Clipboard Notice how the address is immediately inserted 4.Click Paste Options button 5.Click Keep Text Only on the Paste Options menu

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 27 1.Press the COMMA key 2.Press the SPACEBAR 3.Click the second entry (city, state, postal code) in the Office Clipboard 4.Click the Paste Options button 5.Click Keep Text Only 6.Press ENTER 7.Press TAB Paste from Office Clipboard - Reference Book: Page WD 170

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 28 1.Click the third entry (telephone) in the Clipboard. 2.Click the Paste Options button 3.Click Keep Text Only 4.Press COMMA 5.Press SPACEBAR 6.Click Close button of Clipboard task pane Paste from Office Clipboard - Reference Book: Page WD 170

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 29 1.Click the Zoom box arrow on the Standard toolbar 2.Click 100% in the Zoom list Zoom to 100% - Reference Book: Page WD 172

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 30 1.With the insertion point in the paragraph with phone, Click Border button arrow 2.Click Bottom Border on the border palette Adding a Bottom Border to a Paragraph - Reference Book: Page WD 172

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 31 1.With the insertion point at the end of line 3, press the ENTER key. 2.Click the Styles and Formatting button on the Formatting toolbar 3.Click Clear Formatting in the Pick formatting to apply area in the Styles and Formatting task pane 4.Click the Close button in the upper-right corner of the task pane title bar Clear Formatting - Reference Book: Page WD 173

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 32 Saving the Letterhead 1.Insert your floppy disk into drive A or to E:\My Documents\ISYS100-ES\Word 2.Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar 3.Type Okamoto Letterhead in the File name text box. 4.If necessary, click the Save in box arrow and then select 3½ Floppy (A:) or E: 5.Click the Save button in the Save As dialog box

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 33 Saving the Cover Letter with a New File Name 1.Insert your floppy disk into drive A or save to E:\My Documents\ISYS100-ES\Word 2.Click File on the menu bar and then click Save As 3.Type Okamoto Cover Letter in the File name text box. 4.If necessary, click the Save in box arrow and then click 3½ Floppy (A:) or E: 5.Click the Save button in the Save As dialog box

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 34 1.Press ENTER 2.If necessary, click the button at the left edge of the horizontal ruler until it displays the Left Tab icon 3.Click the 3.5” mark on the ruler Set Custom Tab Stops Using Ruler - Reference Book: Page WD 176

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 35 1.Press the TAB key 2.Click Insert on the menu bar 3.Click Date and Time on the Insert menu 4.Click December 19, Click Update automatically to remove the check mark (if it is selected) 6.Click OK Insert Current Date - Reference Book: Page WD 177

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 36 1.Press ENTER three times 2.Type Ms. Helen Weiss 3.Press ENTER 4.Type Personnel Director 5.Press ENTER 6.Type National Computer Sales 7.Press ENTER Enter Inside Address and Salutation - Reference Book: Page WD 177

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 37 1.Type 15 Main Street 2.Press ENTER 3.Type Hartford, CT Press ENTER twice 5.Type Dear Ms. Weiss: 6.Press ENTER twice Enter Inside Address and Salutation - Reference Book: Page WD 177

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 38 We will now create an Auto Text Entry: Drag through National Computer Sales (not the paragraph mark) Click Insert Point to AutoText Click New Type ncs as the AutoText name Click OK Click Yes (if needed) Create AutoText Entry - Reference Book: Page WD 179

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 39 1.Type “I am responding to the full-time computer sales position advertised in yesterday’s“ 2.Press SPACEBAR 3.Press CTRL + I to turn on Italics 4.Type “New” 5.Press CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR 6.Type ”England” 7.Press CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR 8.Type “Tribune” 9.Press CTRL + I to turn off italics 10.Press PERIOD Insert a Nonbreaking Space - Reference Book: Page WD 180 CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR keeps the words together when the words are word-wrapped

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 40 1.Press SPACEBAR 2.Type “As indicated in my resume, I have the credentials you seek at ncs” 3.Press F3 4.Press PERIOD 5.Press RETURN twice Word has replaced the autotext entry “ncs” with National Computer Sales. Insert an AutoText Entry - Reference Book: Page WD 180

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 41 1.Click the Insert Table button on the Standard toolbar 2.Click the cell in the first row and second column of the grid Insert an Empty Table - Reference Book: Page WD 183 You should now have an empty 1 x 2 table in your document.

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 42 1.In the left cell of the table, Type Computer Hardware 2.Press TAB 3.Type 30 hours 4.Press TAB 5.Type Business 6.Press TAB 7.Type 15 hours Enter Data in a Table - Reference Book: Page WD 184

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 43 1.Right-click the table 2.Point to AutoFit on the shortcut menu 3.Click AutoFit to Contents AutoFit Columns to Table Contents - Reference Book: Page WD 185 Your table columns have now reduced to the necessary size.

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 44 To select the entire table: Move over the table so you see the move handle Click the move handle Selecting a Table - Reference Book: Page WD 185

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 45 To center the table: Click the Center button on the Formatting Toolbar Selecting a Table - Reference Book: Page WD 185

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 46 1.Click the paragraph mark below the table 2.Press ENTER 3.Type In addition to my coursework, I have the following sales and computer experience: 4.Press ENTER Bulleting a List as You Type - Reference Book: Page WD 187

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 47 1.Press ASTERISK (*) 2.Press SPACEBAR 3.Type Worked as an intern 4.Press ENTER 5.Type Tutored students 6.Press ENTER 7.Type Prepared newsletters 8.Press ENTER twice Bulleting a List as You Type - Reference Book: Page WD 188

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 48 Enter the Remainder of Cover Letter - Reference Book: Page WD Type “I believe my qualifications are a good fit for ncs” 2.Press F3 3.Press COMMA 4.Type “and I look forward to meeting to discuss this career opportunities.” 5.Press ENTER twice 6.Press TAB 7.Type “Sincerely” 8.Press COMMA 9.Press ENTER four times 10.Press TAB 11.Type “Benjamin Kane Okamoto“ 12.Press ENTER twice 13.Type ”Enclosure: Resume”

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 49 Saving the Document 1.Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 50 Addressing and Printing an Envelope 1.Scroll through the cover letter to display the inside address in the document window 2.Drag through the inside address to select it 3.Click Tools on the menu bar and then point to Letters and Mailings 4.Click Envelopes and Labels on the Letters and Mailings submenu 5.When Word displays the Envelopes and Labels dialog box, if necessary, click the Envelopes tab.

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 51 Addressing and Printing an Envelope 1.Click the Return address text box You DO NOT need to enter this information: 2.Type Benjamin Kane Okamoto and then press the ENTER key 3.Type 78 Larkspur Road and then press the ENTER key 4.Type Plantsville, CT 06479

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 52 Quitting Word 1.Click File on the menu bar and then click Exit (If Word displays asks to save changes, click No)

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 53 Summary Create a resume using Word’s Resume Wizard Fill in a document template Use print preview to view and print a document Set and use tab stops Collect and paste using the Clipboard task pane Insert the current date Create and insert an AutoText entry Insert a Word table, enter data into the table, and format the table Address and print an envelope

Word Project 3: Creating a Resume Using a Wizard and a Cover Letter with a Table 54 Summary

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